The runner’s high is well documented with testimonials and scientific reasoning. It is the state of euphoria that overcomes the runner after a period of exertion. Athletes report a lapse in anxiety and a higher pain threshold. Strangely, it does not manifest in all runners. As a walker I am interested in the translation ofContinue reading “The Walkers High – Entering Flow”
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Time to think philosophically about time
Sometimes when planning a walk with others, I have to gently remind and reinforce the rewards of investing a complete day in the endeavour. Invest time, Invest in yourself. Time is the only true commodity we have, and we have so little. Gift yourself 10 minutes 20 seconds and watch “To Scale:Time” . Be humbled.Continue reading “Time to think philosophically about time”
Personal Transformation through Long Distance walking
The Order is an enthusiastic proponent of distance walking. In the modern world it’s a hard sell to convince people to invest a day or days in a simple but long walking journey of which the fruits are mostly realised after the event and over time. This is a 2013 Australian study of long distanceContinue reading “Personal Transformation through Long Distance walking”
Leslie Stephen, “In Praise of Walking”
Sir Leslie Stephen’s essay “In Praise of Walking” was published in his four-volume collection of essays, Studies of a Biographer, which first appeared between 1898 and 1902.
Understanding Landscape Understanding Ourselves
This snip is from David Wescott’s book “Camping in the old style” Page 11
Why does a hiking stick make a great gift for a young person in your life?
Send a deliberate message to your loved ones with the gift of a hiking stick.
Frederic Gros: A philosophy of walking: Chapter 5 Freedoms
Frederic Gros’s 2008 book “A philosophy of walking” takes us down the path of the freedoms only bestowed by walking. Highly commended. Recurrent reading.
A Journey On Country.
“Knowledge and skills trump equipment, so learn as much as you can” – Gordon Dedman, Bushcraft Survival Australia. Dangerous ideas are contained within. Enter at own risk. This essay addresses the modern dilemma of PLB’s, sat phones, personal responsibility, preparation and mortality. If you have ever thought about the olde ways on expedition, you should invest some time with this opinion piece.
Start Walking every day and this will change
Dave Paul from “Walking is fitness” YouTube channel evangelizes the practice of walking. He is a quality communicator and talks to the sacrament of immersionem at 5:21. A sacred lesson to reflect on. “You start to think differently about yourself. That internal tape that is scrolling, the way you think about yourself goes from IContinue reading “Start Walking every day and this will change”
Quote: Stephen Graham: The Gentle art of tramping
The less you carry the more you will see, the less you spend the more you will experience. In tramping you are not earning a living, but earning a happiness. There is perhaps no greater test of friendship than going on a long tramp. You discover to one another all the egoisms and selfishnesses youContinue reading “Quote: Stephen Graham: The Gentle art of tramping”
The Order Of Walkers 